“Francesca Montenegro makes a cold commute to a dentist appointment before work on the North Side on Wednesday. Francesa said that this is the first time this season that she has worn her goggles during her 5-mile commute to work by bicycle.”

@nmr, this is the first time I’ve heard of pgh settling for slip and falls on sidewalks they’re supposed to maintain. meaning I’m wondering if people should lawyer up if they wreck in an unplowed bike lane…

The letter-to-the-editor titled “Cyclists also have a share in the culture of impunity” argues that “the city’s promotion of cycling has come without any obvious enforcement mechanism such as those applying to motor vehicles and has put pedestrians at increased risk”.

Friends of the Riverfront has their office in the Aero Tech Designs building. They just moved there last year. When Aero Tech moves out, FOTR might have to relocate, also. (I don’t have inside information on this, just guessing.)

Bummer, I really appreciate local manufacturing. They just got their retail shop up and running recently, I was looking forward to browsing. Too bad their winter hours were also mostly the exact same hours I am at work (so I haven’t made it there yet, and probably won’t anytime soon)

Whenever I read that the parkway is going to be under construction I think – good thing there’s an awesome bike trail right next to it! Unfortunate though that a bunch of work is being done to 837 and no pedestrian/cycling improvements are planned (outside of the south side). Due to it’s proximity to the GAP trail, it would be great to have that road be more friendly so that locals can safely get from their homes to the trail. Since there are many low-income neighborhoods throughout the corridor, they would greatly benefit from increased pedestrian and cycling safety which would allow people to get to work more safely. It would also likely help the neighborhoods improve long-term. In many areas 837 it is a high-speed corridor and really doesn’t need to be.

It must be on the western (downtown) side of the bridge. It says the bike lane will be used for the detour. I think the sidewalk is unprotected, so there will be some kind of railing to keep people from accidentally stepping into the road.